Horst
a festival rooftop from repurposed construction elements
Competition
Client:
Horst Festival + Fritzkola
Location:
Vilvoorde (BE)
Date:
Spring 2025
Collaboration between études F and Buro Zuid (BE)
A moment that, when we are reminded of it, through memories, smells or experiences, lets us recreate an ideal moment, a perfect capsule of our childhood where we are invincible in the face of our contemporary dilemmas and free from the tensions that hold us in this adult world.
It is this moment that we want to not only revive, but also allow people to relive.
By bringing a playground module to the Horst festival, we want people to revisit their childhood, experiencing music and art in this happy moment of nostalgia.
We therefore wanted, in a metaphorical way, that this structure could take up the tensions that prevent us from escaping from this world full of conflicts.
This structure, which assumes an almost sacrificial role, is covered with nets that make its legibility less explicit.
Playing with different opacities for the upper part of the structure is a way for us to bring comfort and easement, while leaving room for a visual exchange between the structure and the floor.
By reusing the net of the Usina project, we have an element that not only allows access to the structure in a fun and effective way, but also serves as a conversational pit, allowing users to sit or stretch on it.
To conclude, the enssemble of this installation requires minimal production needs, and remains of a minimum invasiveness towards the pre-existing building and surrounding flora.